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	John Doty on Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:00:11 -0600)
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> Indeed that is. But this isn't:
> 
> >> The package may include footprints
> >> viable for this component. Alternatively the package may refer to a
> >> footprint library by giving filenames of a footprints known to work.

I read this as "the netlister chooses a footprint= from the list of
alternatives in the package".

If the data included in the "package" happens to be more than what
geda-gaf uses, that's no different than including it in a symbol
attribute that the rest of geda-gaf ignores.